IN Focus: Indiana first responders helping hurricane victims

WILMINGTON, N.C. – Crews from the Hoosier State are on the ground ready to help in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Florence.

Eighty-six team members make up Indiana Task Force 1. They are in Wilmington assisting with recovery efforts.

Friday afternoon, Indiana Task Force 1 was part of the team that tried to rescue a family after a tree fell onto their home. A mother and her infant died in that incident. Crews were able to rescue a male occupant.

A video posted to the ITF1 Twitter page earlier in the day shows the strength of the storm as it made its way through the area.

Meanwhile, members of the Buck Creek Township Fire Department are in Fort Lee, Virginia awaiting orders.

"It's mainly being able to accept whatever assignment we are given whether it be a rescue type thing, moving people from living facility or hospital," said Sarah Bonham, a firefighter and paramedic with the department.

Each of their ambulances is set up to be self-sustainable for 72 hours once they leave camp.